Development Dialogue

Development Dialogue is a language of contemporary discourses on human development which aims to stimulate each entity of the society for a new history of humanity. It stands for communicating the problems that people face and hence is more value-based than other units of human life. Envisioned with better quality of human life it admires the imagination of ordinary citizens, their daily concerns and necessities and circulate these elements in policy articulation.

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"Constitutional Ambassadors at Development Dialogue fosters leadership, awareness and consciousness among youths and, prepares them for community organizing, advocacy and envoy of peace & friendship.”

An educated population has long been considered
as a key precondition for a stable democratic system. But what are the goals of education? Which is the best education model? I would
like to talk about the importance of democratic education at universities. I strongly believe that universities prepare the
intellectual elites, the most talented youth,
those, who one day will hold the future
of theircountry in the hands. In my view, universities should not only teach
facts and figures, but shouldalso prepare
every student to be an active citizen able to participate fully in a country’s democratic
and political life.

I think that
universities should incorporate moredemocratic values into the teaching process. Continuous discussions, vigorous participation in various activities and collaborative work should be
the basis of the learning process. There are stillmany universities where old fashioned autocraticeducationmodels prevails. University teachers simply dictate the text and students
write it down without thinking. When exams come, students have tolearn massive amounts of informationby heart like a poem. In my view, this education model has numerous drawbacks. Firstly, it does not teach students to think
critically by questioning what a teacher says. However, critical thinking is crucial for a
citizen who wants toparticipate activelyin a daily political life and judge the actions of politicians. It is also wrong to consider a teacheras a master of the class, the only one who
knows the „truth“. In many disciplines,
especially in social sciences, the „truth“ can only be find in a discussion. At
university students should firstly learn how to present their arguments, respect
different opinions and show the initiative, because these are the rules of life
in a democratic society.

Universities should prepare students who could understand not only the narrow scope of their specialization,
but also would be able to analyse the daily political andeconomic realities. Even those young people
who study engineering or maths should have a fewobligatory courses on sustainable
development, economics and politics, so that they could know what to say on the issues that
affect their country and the world.